Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
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Berlin, Germany
Wasserturm Prenzlauer Berg
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
Berlin, Germany
Spandauer Zitadelle (Spandau Citadel)
A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.
Berlin, Germany
Hansa Studios
From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.
Berlin, Germany
Tempelhof Airport
Berlin's old airport.
Berlin, Germany
Ramones Museum
Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
Deutsches Currywurst Museum
A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.
Permanently Closed
Berlin, Germany
Arthouse Tacheles
An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.
Berlin, Germany
Stasi Museum
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.
New York, New York
The Statue of Roscoe Conkling
A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.
New York, New York
The Ziegfeld Head
The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
New York, New York
Graybar Rats
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
New York, New York
U Thant Island
The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.
New York, New York
The Weathermen Townhouse Explosion
A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.
New York, New York
Giant Needle and Button
There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...
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New York, New York
'The Sale of Manhattan'
Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House
Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
